Second Great Awakening
- Year
- c. 1790
- Kind
- Movement
What it was
A series of revivals in the United States from c. 1790 to 1840, with frontier camp meetings and new evangelistic methods. It greatly grew Baptists and Methodists, fed social reforms such as abolitionism and gave rise to new movements.
Little known
The famous Cane Ridge gathering (1801) was originally a Scottish-style Presbyterian "communion season", that is, a sacramental celebration of the Lord’s Supper.
Key figures
- Barton W. Stone1772–1844
- Charles G. Finney1792–1875
- Lyman Beecher1775–1863
Key documents
- Cane Ridge camp meeting (Kentucky)1801
- Lectures on Revivals of Religion (Finney)1835